Heel



June 1i 1926 R. M. TEETSAL.

HE-EL Filed Sept. 8. 1925 Patented dune fl, 1%26.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD H, TEETBAL, OF ENDIGO'IT, NEW -YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ENDICOTTJOHNSON CORPORATION, OF ENDICOTT,

NEW YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HEEL.

Application filed September 8, 1925. Serial No. 54,988.

My invention is a novel heel which may be attached to the heel seat inthe process of making a boot on shoe without the use of a rand such asis commonly required in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel heel, inexpensive tomanufacture, and comprising a leather top part, and a lower part,preferably of rubber. The top part is thicker adjacent its outer sidesthan in the major or central portion thereof; and the upper surface ofthe top part which comes into contact with the heel seat of the boot orshoe has an integral horse-shoe shaped rand member and a substantiallyflat central field. The top part thus formed will fit the heel seat of aboot or shoe and can be applied thereto without the use of the usualrand, thereby greatly economizing material and labor.

I will explain the invention with reference to the accompanying drawingsto enable others to adopt and use the same, and summarize in the claimsthe novel features of construction and novel combination of parts forwhich protection is desired.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a complete heel made in accordance withmy invention, ready for attachment to the heel seat of a shoe.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the heel.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the heel.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the top part of the heel.

My novel heel comprises a top portion 1 of suitable material, preferablyleather, and a lower part 2, referably of rubber, said parts being preerably formed separately and then united to make a complete heel.

The top part is preferably composed of one or more lifts or layers ofleather, two lifts 1' being shown.

If the top portion of heel has more than one lift, the lifts arepreferably c ementedor glued together with suitable glue to 1nseparablyunite them. The assembled lifts are then placed in suitable dies andsubjected to great pressure in a suitable press until the top part isgiven'the desired pecul iar shape shown in the drawlngs. The dies are soformed that the pressure applied will compress the inner portion of .By'making the top the top part more that the portions adjacent the sldesand rear thereof; and this results in producing on the upper surface ofthe top part an approximately horse-shoe sha ed rand portion 1 extendingaround the sides and rear of the top portion; the upper surface of thisrand portion .1 being upwardly and outwardly inclined as shown at 1. Theportion of the upper part partly enclosed by said rand portion ispreferably more densely compressed and is substantially fiat on itsupper surface, as indicated at 1. The under surface of the top partopposite the surface 1 is also substantially flat as at 1, but the lowersurface of the top part opposite the rand portion 1" is upwardlyinclined as at 1. The portion of the to part between the surfaces 1 1 isthicker t an the portion of the top part between the surfaces 1 1 and atthe outer side the top than at any other portion.

The top part gradually tapers both at top and bottom from the outer edgeof the heel to the outer edges of the surface 1 1 respectively. The randportion 1" of the top is thicker vertically part is indicated andbounded by the lines v ab.-c in Fig. 4, said rand portion being made ofthe same material as the lifts and integral therewith in the process ofshaping the eel by pressure.

part of the heel as described the necessity of using attached rands,such as are customarily required, is avoided.

At the present time heels, such as are ordinarily used by shoemanufacturers, are each provided with a frand attached to the uppersurface of the heel so as to form what is called a heel seat. To fastensuch a rand to the upper surface of a leather heel a large number ofsmall nails are necessary. Such rands must be made of expensive leather;and great skill is required to make or mould them so that they wilt lieflat and not wrinkle after they are ap-, plied to the heels; and theworkmen who shape and attach these rands .to heels are among the highestpaid employees in shoe factories, because of the skill required for suchwork.

My heel is produced with an integral rand and eliminates the expense ofmaking, shapin and fastening the usual rands to the bee further my heelcan not only be made from ordinary sole leather, but from pieces of soleleather since none of the leather lifts in my heel must necessarily bemade'in one piece.

The lower surface of the top part 1 is 5 adapted to fit the concavity 2in the upper surface-of the lower resilient part 2 of the heel. Thelower part 2 conforms in contour to the shape of the complete heel, asshown and the concavity 2 is formed in the lower part 2 When-the same ismoulded. Such parts 2 can be produced by moulding them in suitablemoulds as quickly as the ordinary rubber heels or lifts having par--allel upper and lower surfaces can be produced. The lower rubber orresilient part 2 is also preferably unseparably cemented to the to part.

Pre erably the breast or front end of the complete heel is inclinedslightly upwardly and backwardly as shown in Fig. 3, thereby obviatingthe necessity of placing the shoes on a breasting machine after the heelis applied to the shoe.

e parts 1 and 2 together form a complete heel, which may be readilyattached to a boot or shoe seat in the ordinary manner, but without theuse of a rand. The complete heel is preferablyshaped before it isattached to the shoe. 80 Obviously my. heels may be made of variousdimensions and forms to suit different sizes and styles of boots andshoes on.

which they are to be used.

I claim: 1. A non-resilient heel top part adapted to fit the heel seatof a shoe, and having the major ortion of its upper surface flat butprovi ed adjacent the side and rear edges of the top with an integralrand ortion, the said rand portion extendin a ove 40 and being ofgreater thickness than t e ortion of said top substantially endlose bysaid rand portion; the bottom of said top part being upwardly andoutwardly beveled adjacent its side and rear edges. 2. In a heel anon-resilient top part adapted to fit the heel seat of a shoe, andhaving the major portion of its upper surface substantially flat butsurrounded adjacent its side and rear edges with an upwardly inclinedapproximately horse-shoe-shaped integral rand portion, the bottom ofsaid top part having its bottom upwardly and outwardly beveled adjacentits side and rear edges, the fiat portion of the top part enclosed bysaid rand portion being of practically uniform thickness and of greaterdensity than the beveled rand portions of said top part.

3. A non-resilient heel top adapted to fit the heel seat of a shoe, andhaving the greater (portion of its upper surface flat, but provideadjacent its side and rear edges with an approximately horse-shoe-shapedintegral rand portion, said rand portion extendin above and being ofgreater thickness than the flat portion of the heel, and being thickerat its outer side than at its junction with said flat portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature.

RICHARD M. TEETSAL.

